Chapter 484 – Episode 54. Daigo Succession War.
I got in my car and drove to the front of the Saionji family’s residence, where Saionji Diana was standing there waiting for me.
Saionji Diana was in great shape because she was born with a good physique and had continued to exercise until her accident. Of course, she now has cyber implants instead of her original limbs, but from what she heard from Eve, she said that she used a lot of reference to how she looked before the accident, so she wouldn’t be that different from before the accident than she is now. 〉
That’s why she looks good in any clothes she wears, and she looked good in the date outfit she wore today. Underneath her china collared shirt and pleated skirt that reached below her uvula and brown casual shoes, Diana Saionji wore thin, shapely navy colored socks that reached halfway up her calves. Even though she was wearing a simple outfit, it suited her quite well, perhaps because she had a nice body.
Saionji Diana waved her hand happily as if she had spotted my car through her hair that was blocking her eyes.
“Ah, teacher!”
“Were you waiting in advance? It must be hot. Get on quickly.”
It had been a while since fall had entered, and it was quite hot today, so I immediately put Saionji Diana in her car. The door closed, and Diana Saionji sat in the passenger seat next to me.
“Did you wait long?”
“No, it just came out… ! Thank you for the ride, sir.”
Saionji Diana greeted me with her courtesy. Unlike her other daughters at St. Francis Girls’ Academy, she had a different tone because she was almost abandoned by her family after her accident.
Of course, her other students have their own misfortunes, but would I say that Diana Saionji feels something that is rare at St. Francis Girls’ Academy? Because she was the daughter of a famous family, I felt like she knew the gratitude for her partner’s hard work that she could not feel.
She had little support from her family, so she had to do everything herself, one by one, so she seemed to naturally come to know her opponent’s position. She seemed more like it because she knew what it felt like to be hungry, because being a high school girl she would never know what it was like to be hungry.
Usually, women from famous families did not truly thank me for giving them a ride, but Diana Saionji knew her discomfort when she did not have transportation, so she felt grateful to me.
“Well, when I asked Eve, the appointment time was a bit far away. Is there anything else you want to do?”
Before leaving for the date, I asked Eve when Saionji Diana had a reservation, and she said it was after dinner time, so I asked Saionji Diana what she wanted to do. It was just before 4 o’clock, so it was still too early to go to the Amsang branch.
“Oh, I want to go on a drive date with the teacher…”
Ah… ! Right. A drive date is also good. In particular, cities and villages to the west of Mount Fuji, including Miya City, were often built around the vertically flowing Fuji River, so it was a pretty good driving course because you could enjoy the scenery while driving along the riverside road.〈 Br〉
“Shall we enjoy the scenery while driving along the riverside road?”
“Yes, I like it!”
I drove toward the Fuji River Riverside Road. It was quite nice to see the light reflecting along the flow of the river. Of course, Mount Fuji was in the background in the distance, so it was more fun to see the scenery. With calm music, Diana Saionji and I enjoyed the scenery outside the window.
“Should I take a short walk?”
As I was driving along the riverside road, I noticed that there was a section of sidewalk along the river that was good for walking, so I asked Saionji Diana. Saionji Diana nodded, so I parked the car in the vacant lot I had seen and got out. As I said before, it was a little hot, but it wasn’t mid-summer, so it wasn’t so bad that I couldn’t go for a walk. Because of the moderate amount of sunlight, it was perfect to get the vitamin D I was lacking from staying indoors.
I got out of the car and walked in step with the warm sunlight and strong wind. After walking for a while, Diana Saionji opened her mouth with a very serious expression.
“Thank you, teacher.”
“Huh?”
“If it weren’t for my teacher, I wouldn’t have been able to walk like this.”
That was correct. When I took office, only one of the amputated limbs, the right hand, had a cheap cyber implant, and the rest was in a wheelchair with a prosthetic arm and leg, so if it had not been for my help, he would still be in a wheelchair even now. If we had gone on a date in a wheelchair, I would have pushed the wheelchair and the current appearance would have changed the genre a bit. It must have felt more salty.
“I think of you every time I take a step every day, every time I pick up a spoon or chopsticks, and even more so, every time I pick up a sword.”
Saionji Diana continued speaking in her earnest voice. As long as she’s a human, you’ll feel grateful, but I didn’t know that you’d appreciate every single thing she did…
“You agreed to help me with my work after I graduated. That’s enough.”
“That’s not enough. No matter what I do, I won’t be able to repay the debt I owe you.”
Well, I don’t think it’s to that extent… If you feel this much gratitude, then I am actually grateful. I thought it would be rude to deny Saionji Diana’s feelings by saying it’s okay to express her gratitude, so I just patted her head and smiled quietly.
As I removed her hand from her head, Diana Saionji tucked a strand of her left hair behind her ear and looked at me. Her hair was pulled back, revealing one of her eyes that was usually hidden by her hair. It was a beautiful eye to cover with her hair. There was a river flowing behind her and Mount Fuji visible behind the nearby mountains, making it a pretty convincing picture.
I looked at Diana Saionji and took out her phone. Because I thought it would be a waste to let this moment pass by.
“Stay still.”
I took a picture of Saionji Diana. Yes, if you come to visit, you should take a picture of her. From then on, we had fun walking dates, taking pictures of each other or taking selfies together when we saw a nice view.
As I drank a cool drink from a vending machine in the middle of the riverside road and enjoyed the river breeze and riverside scenery, the sun was already setting.
“Shall we go to dinner now?”
“Yes, I like it.”
We retraced our steps back to where we parked. We walked quietly, watching the river turn gold and orange in the sunset. As I watched the river flowing proudly, I came to the place where the car was parked without conversation. Of course, even if there was no conversation, it didn’t feel awkward or anything like that.
“What do you want for dinner?”
“I want to eat something hearty.”
When she got into the car and asked about it, Diana Saionji said that she was hungry because she was walking and wanted to eat something hearty. Then she asks me to eat hoto (ほうとう), a local dish of Yamanashi Prefecture, and she nods.
If you think of Hoto in Korea, it was a dish similar to kalguksu (noodle soup). It was a dish made with coarsely pulled flour noodles boiled with seasonal vegetables and soybean paste broth, and perhaps because of the thick weight of the noodles, it felt like a fairly filling dish.
There were so many Hoto restaurants in this area, and Diana Saionji had lived in Dong-ne since she was in middle school when she entered St. Francis Girls’ Academy, so she was familiar with good Hoto restaurants, so she went to the store that Diana Saionji had recommended. Br〉
“It’s a place I often went to with her father and mother.”
After hearing Saionji Diana’s words her, I wondered if she would reopen Saionji Diana’s wounds when her mother and her father died at the same time in a car accident, but Saionji Diana had a grave expression and tone of voice. During her year of rehabilitation after her injury, it seemed that her emotional wounds had healed to some extent.
Since it was a Hoto restaurant frequented by members of the famously wealthy Saionji family, the food was arranged quite sumptuously. Since you can top it with high-quality beef or duck meat, it seemed like it could be quite a filling meal.
After a pleasant meal, it was already getting closer to the visit time I had promised with Eve. I thought I could get there in good time if I went by car.
“But what kind of parts are you trying to buy?”
Suddenly I was curious about the gift I had planned to buy, so I asked Saionji Diana. When it comes to cyber implant parts, there are some that are expensive and some that are cheap, but I still want to use expensive parts if possible…
As I thought about Saionji Diana’s parts of her, I was reminded of my gamer sense from the previous game of Possession, where I would unconditionally equip her party members with the best equipment. Yes, when I go to the Amsang branch, I have to buy the most expensive one.
“I need to change some specifications, but I haven’t decided yet. “I wish the teacher would choose it together.”
“Can you tell me what specifications need to be changed?”
When I asked how to change it, Diana Saionji showed me some parts of her on her phone and explained it to me.
“There are several parts that are linked to my superpowers, and I am wondering whether to focus on durability or explosive destructive power, although it lacks durability.”
Listening to Saionji Diana, it seemed like he was worrying about nothing. Anyway, Saionji Diana’s limbs are now replaceable parts…
“You can buy both.”
“Yes?”
“Wouldn’t it be better to use one for daily life as an item focused on durability, and the other with higher specifications and use for combat as an item focused on destructive power?”
In addition, for everyday use, it would be made like a human arm, as it is now, but for combat use, there was no need to make human skin, which is easily damaged, so it seemed like it would be okay to make it bigger and stronger with a metal exterior. In any case, the fighting limbs were not meant to be shown to anyone, so the only person who could see them was the other person. And if the viewer dies, there will be no one to see it, so there was no need to make it aesthetically pleasing with cyber implants.
“Ah… “I don’t think I ever thought about making more limbs one by one.”
“Because when it’s your own business, your perspective can get narrow… Well, we’ve arrived now.”
As I was talking about the parts of the cyber implant with Saionji Diana, I suddenly began to see the love hotel hiding its secret branch in the basement, which I was now a bit glad to see.
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Saionji Diana B cut!
Diana showing a glimpse of her eyes
Ash blonde gyaru Diana.
